Improvement in cups for grain-drills



)OHN P. ZELLER.

improvement in Cups for Grain-Drills, &c.

No. 114,384. PatentedMay2,1a71.

tnil me? JOHN I). ZELLER, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 114,384, dated May 2, 1871; antedated April 18, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CUPS FOR GRAIN-DRILLS, &c.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may conce/rn.-

Be it known that I, J oHN P. ZELLER, of South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oups for Grain-Drills and Broadcast-Sewer; and do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a pmt of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a bottom and cup in grain-drills or broadcast-sowers with two or more receiving-holes for grain and fertilizer, or both, as will b'e hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appel-reins tov make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed dra\ving,in which- Fignre l is a plan view, and

Figure 2 is n transverse vertical section of my improved grain-drill bottom and cup.

-A A represent the sides of the hopper, in which the grain is placed for sowing.

B is the bottom thereof, provided with an opening for the passage of the grain.

Under the bottom is formed a cup, C, with two receiving-holes or openings, at and b.

Within the cup C is formed a circular flange, D,

having, an opening, d, through which the grain is passed by the wheel E within the same, so as to fall down through the hole or opening a.

0n the front side of the hopper A is to be secured a fertilizer-box or l1opper,'so as to let the fertilizer fall down through the opening b, the grain and fertilizer then coming together within the cup and passing through a iiexible pipe into the boot and into the round.

'lbe bottom B with cup O and flange D are cast in two pieces, through the center, and fastened together on the hopper.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is l The within-described cup for grain-drlls,pmade of lmetal, with the vinclined hopper-botton1 B, curved flange D, inclosing the wheel E between it and the hopper-bottoni, and the hanger-cup C, all as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of June, 1870.

. JOHN P. ZELLER.

. Witnesses:

GEORGE PFLEGER, Jr., WrLLrAM G. GEORGE. 

